Stress in the workplace is a growing problem. Time and time again, hard-working employees hit the wall and lose all ability to perform. These employees show few outward signals prior to collapsing, as they want to impress and succeed. Any sign of weakness can be misinterpreted, and thus, they keep it to themselves.

According to the Health and Safety Executive one in six employees finds their work situation to be very or highly stressful. This means, in larger companies, the effects can be quite large. The same study calculates that 10.5 million sick days can be linked to stress-related. The costs of these sick days and performance can be enormous for both large companies and small companies.

The consequences of smoking are well known. Heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema are just three of the many possible diseases that smokers become more prone to due to the habit. Most do not smoke out of a desire to get diseases. People smoke because it is relaxing, it is social, and it is also, to a smoker, enjoyable.

Quitting smoking is, according to many, as difficult as quitting more serious illegal drugs. The nicotine is in the blood. Withdrawal can bring on the shakes, headaches, nervousness, and insomnia. Cravings are strong and come long after the initial quitting period. To have the strength to resist these feelings is the difficult part.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. – Albert Einstein

Another successful NLP For Kids day, and again I am amazed at how the quantity and quality of bursts of unsolicited laughter from a group of children, can ripple uproariously through a room, out the door and flow into a hotel lobby, causing some very serious looking adults to exchange looks of curiosity, followed by everything from shy smiles to echoed laughter, and once again I am reminded, “Through the Joy of a Child, Change is Possible”.

It is often said that over 70% of communication is non-verbal. This means there’s a lot going on during an interview other than the words that come out of your mouth. Most interviewers will admit that having seen several people with the right skill sets, the person hired just ‘felt right’

So you’re a graduate looking for your first job, how do you make your interviewer just ‘feel right’.

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